Potamogeton perfoliatus
Notifiable Organism, Unwanted Organism, National Pest Plant Accord
Clasped pondweed
- Scientific Name
- Potamogeton perfoliatus
- Origin
- Introduced plant. Native to Central and North America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia
- Type
- Weed
- Plant Life-form Type
- Submerged
- Taxonomy
- L.
- Presence
- Eradicated, only known from three sites, never naturalised, first record from a pond near Lake Hayes, Otago in 1996
- Habitat
- Moderate flowing to still water bodies
- Notes
- A potential major submerged weed, with potential to hybridise with native Potamogeton spp.
- Propagation
- Stem fragments and seeds
- Features
- Leaves are usually narrow to broadly ovate and greater than 6mm wide. The submerged leaves clasp the stem.
- Source
- TIFBIS
- Regional
- Regional Pest Management Strategy: AUK.